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Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

March 11^th 2024

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present Vee, Kjelshus, Geiger, Miller and Larson. Members absent: None

City Clerk Moldan, Public Works Tauer

Library –Angela Pick and Kris Karpen

Citizens, William Wurtz

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Open Citizens Comments: None

Kjelshus moved to approve minutes from the February 12th 2024 meeting. Seconded by Larson. Motion passed

Miller moved to approve City claims. Seconded by Geiger. Motion passed.

Library –Angela Pick and Kris Karpen in attendance. Larson gave the report. Board is moving the library meeting to the first Thursday of the month at 6:15pm. Kris Karpen was approved for the library board. Angela has someone who would like to apply for a library job and will work with the clerk on this. Armstrong Boulevard Brass Quintet brought in $2633.00 in donations. Spring Fling is set for April 20^th, food donated by Thrivent. William Wurtz will talk to Gag Sheet Metal about cost of new AC and Heat unit.

Fire Department- Larson gave an update.

Public works- Tauer got a bid for stump removal at the city park cost of $748.00, Vee got a bid of $240.00. Tauer asked about purchasing a stump grinder, after council discussion it was decided that Tauer needed to get more info on the stump grinder and bring it to the next meeting.

City Clerk Moldan – Clerk asked about using funds from the public safety account to purchase a pickleball net council said yes. Miller asked about the city adding a GaGa pit for the park, clerk and Tauer will look into this. Update on 4^th of July event. 9 companies or groups have committed to the parade, still looking for more. Food by Last Chance, petting zoo is, face painting, bounce house and ice cream truck are booked. Clerk is renting porta potties and 20×30 tent for shade. Clerk talked to AGE about a beer garden, because it’s a city festival council can okay The Nine-One Bar to go off site.

Miller made a motion to approve The Nine-One Bar to go off site on July 4^th 2024, Larson seconded. Motion approved.

City Attorney sent a letter to a resident about feeding, city attorney said to follow up with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. Clerk followed up on the dog issue the resident hasn’t rehomed the dog. Council said to take the next steps, designation of potentially dangerous. Clerk and Tauer attended the annual fire and ambulance meeting in Madelia Feb 27th. 38,000 miles had been put on the ambulance in 2023 90% were doing transports from hospital to hospital. Some of the entities questions paying for the ambulance when the hospital bills for the transports.

Council: Vee had an updated on the two residents he talked to about their yards, there has been some progress and would like to give them another two weeks to keep cleaning.

Geiger made a motion to adjourn, Miller seconded, meeting was adjourned at 6:56pm

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

EDA meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:56pm.

EDA resident talked to clerk about the concrete sidewalk cracking and lifting and is concerned about someone tripping and falling. Council told Tauer to get bids and bring them to the next council meeting.

Kjelshus made a motion to adjourn, Larson seconded, meeting was adjourned at 7:00

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Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

February 12^th 2024

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present Vee, Kjelshus, Geiger and Larson. Members absent: Miller

City Clerk Moldan, Public Works Tauer.

Citizens, None in attendance

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Kjelshus. Motion passed.

Open Citizens Comments: None

Geiger moved to approve minutes from the January 8^th 2024 meeting. Seconded by Larson. Motion passed

Larson moved to approve City claims. Seconded by Geiger. Motion passed.

Library – Kjelshus gave the report. Anne Grunert resigned from the Hanska library board. The board is down to 3 members. Ian Kjelshus will fill in as a voting member until new members can be appointed. Armstrong Boulevard Brass Quintet is scheduled for Saturday February 24^th 4:00-5:00pm at the community center. Meat and cheese tray was donated by LaSalle Meats, Sweet Sisters treats donated by Thrivent. Angela Pick is working on a grant to replace the heating and AC. Friends of the Hanska Library registered as a nonprofit, waiting on the 501c3, will be opening up a checking account. Randy has not returned calls about finishing the painting in the library.

Fire Department- Larson gave an update.

Public works- Tauer asked about purchasing a bulk water meter to use when companies buy water from the city. Tauer said one company in 2023 did not keep track and let the city know how much water they used. Kjelshus said if it’s only been an issue this one time does it pay to buy a meter, Larson and Geiger agreed. Geiger said it would take a lot of water to cover the cost of the meter. Tauer will not purchase a bulk meter.

City Clerk Moldan – Clerk has been working on the BCA fingerprint audit, clerk presented MN BCA policy for council to adopt. City Clerk Class May 6-10^th St Cloud. Will be attending the annual fire and ambulance meeting in Madelia February 27th 6:30pm. Clerk asked council if they would like her to put a budget summary in the paper, council said no. Letter was sent to a city resident after getting complaints about them feeding stray cats. Randy Geiger’s dog is still at his house, clerk will follow up on this. Clerk asked to hire summer help, council said yes. City Wide Clean Up date, May 23^rd-25^th back up date May 30^th-June 1^st. Clerk has been working on the 4^th of July event. Dain’s Dutchmen is a 4–5-piece band cost of $700.00-$800.00, they could possibly do it for $500.00. Last Chance Saloon will take care of food. Dark Horse Band 7:00-10:00pm, waiting to hear from Brent Christensen mini donuts. Clerk asked if the city would still do the Hanska Night Out, council said it was to close together to have 2 events and to only have the 4^th of July event.

Council: Vee talked about when he and council member Geiger went door to door with letters to residents about the conditions of their yards, only one person cleaned up their yard. Vee wants to know what the next step should be, what can the city do? Vee sends pictures to landlords to try and get them to clean up the yards. Geiger said the city would have to spend money on the next steps. Larson said do we spend a $1,000.00 to make $200.00 off a fine?

Geiger made a motion to adjourn, Larson seconded, meeting was adjourned at 7:22pm

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee